welcome to bbc news. i'm david willis. our top stories: a congressional committee recommends donald trump is charged for his role in last year's riot at the us capitol. the former movie mogul harvey weinstein is found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in los angeles. twitter users vote for elon musk, its current owner, to stand down as head of the company. so will he go? fans await the return of argentina's triumphant football team ahead of an open—top bus parade through buenos aires.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us committee investigating the assault on capitol hill on january the 6th last year has unanimously recommended criminal charges against donald trump. they include "obstruction of official proceedings", "conspiracy to defraud the united states", and "inciting an insurrection". the committee's recommendation is non—binding, and it's now up to the usjustice department to decide whether to prosecute the former president. our north america correspondent john sudworth sent this report. with the routine of a recorded vote, america finds itself in uncharted territory. aye.

delivered a damning assessment of donald trump's last days in office. ., , . ., office. he lost the election but he chose _ office. he lost the election but he chose to _ office. he lost the election but he chose to try - office. he lost the election but he chose to try to - office. he lost the election but he chose to try to stay| office. he lost the election l but he chose to try to stay in office, over to the results and block the transfer of power. replaying key pieces of video evidence, the committee summed up the case built over the past 18 months. that the president not only incited the january 6 attack but he knew his claim of a stolen election was false. i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which i told the president was bleep. i only need 11,000 votes. but he pressured officials to rig the vote... this was a fraudulent election. ..and refused to call off the mob or to condemn the violence afterwards. so go home. we love you,

you are very special. the committee can't force prosecutors to act on its recommendations but donald trump is already facing multiple investigations. the pressure is rising on a candidate running for re—election while being accused of trying to subvert the last one. joining me now isjennifer kerns, who's a republican strategist, author, and host at all—american radio. welcome at all—american radio. to bbc news. what does this welcome to bbc news. what does this mean for donald trump, personally and his candidacy as president in 202a? i’m personally and his candidacy as president in 2024?— president in 2024? i'm not terribly surprised - president in 2024? i'm not terribly surprised the - terribly surprised the committee referred the charges, i think that is how it would have been at the beginning, the committee felt they had to show their work was worth something after all they spent tens and

tens of millions of taxpayers money they hired a fancy tv producer to record some of the coverage around the committee including the opening statement, they were in unanimous in their boat today but remember this was seven party, diehard democrats, and two republicans who served on the january six committee, so it wasn't a terrible surprise at the ruling. it it wasn't a terrible surprise at the ruling.— at the ruling. it was nonetheless - at the ruling. it was nonetheless a - at the ruling. it was - nonetheless a painstaking examination involving hundreds of witnesses, thousands of people of information and documentation, it would be quite difficult to dismiss this as a witch—hunt, surely? remember, at the outset there were other republican congress members who wanted to have a seat on that committee, and they were denied by nancy pelosi, then the speaker of the house and adam schiff the chair of the committee, it would have

been a different committee had they been able to ask some different questions with different questions with different congress members on there. there were also witnesses who wanted to testify, who were not called and were not obliged to come testify, i think it was a little one—sided and i think the american people see that. what does it mean for donald trump in 2024, i think it means more for the biden white house in 20 20 than it does for donald trump, donald trump is deluged with all of these cases against him, the bigger question is for the biden administration, this is quite a sticky wicket, do you want to be the democrat in the white house potentially prosecuting your next opponent for the next presidential race, independent voters in america tends not to like that sort of thing, i think it would hurtjoe biden greatly he went for it. i also think it would invoke a great deal of sympathy for donald

trump, then he can say here it is i'm a victim of another witch—hunt there they go again. nonetheless the special council is pursuing an investigation of the zone on behalf of the us justice department, he subpoenaed witnesses the last few weeks, does look as though they are taking this seriously and there may well be charges, criminal charges against the former president?— criminal charges against the former president? there may be, but this is the _ former president? there may be, but this is the one _ former president? there may be, but this is the one case _ former president? there may be, but this is the one case they - but this is the one case they had perhaps gone wrong, i have gone through the transcript the 10,000 words donald trump said that day at his rally, none of them said break the law, break into the capital, he spoke for an hour and 15 minutes with those 10,000 words, the only part i can see they might have something on him according to the us civil code as his tweet which gave comfort reportedly to the rioters, it was one single tweet, but david i think

to base the entire department ofjustice case on one tweet might not be enough to bring criminal charges and to convict. criminal charges and to convict-— criminal charges and to convict. ~ , ., convict. we must leave it there. thank _ convict. we must leave it there. thank you - convict. we must leave it there. thank you very - convict. we must leave it. there. thank you very much. the former movie mogul harvey weinsteen has been found guilty of the rape and sexual assault of a woman at a luxury hotel in beverly hills. a court in los angeles acquitted him of a charge of sexual battery involving another accuser. weinstein, who is now 70 years of age, is already serving a 23—year sentence after being convicted of rape by a jury in new york nearly three years ago. our west coast correspondent sophie long reports from los angeles. he was the man who once ruled hollywood, the movie mogul even a—list celebrities referred to as god. but he appeared in court in los angeles, a convicted rapist denying a further seven charges of sexual assault. thejury heard weeks of gruelling, emotional testimony and vitriolic

exchanges between witnesses and weinstein�*s lawyers. one woman was asked to demonstrate the orgasm she said she faked in order to escape his assault. this is not when harry met sally, she said, referencing the film and refused. i have a great deal of admiration and respect for anyone who is willing to testify in a high profile case or any criminal case. i know women who've spoken to the press who absolutely refused to testify. theyjust are not willing to go through what they know will be, in a way, a meat grinder. during the course of the trial in which some 50 witnesses took to the stand, a film dramatising the journalistic investigation that led to his downfall was released. i can still see it. the hotel, the floor plan. time for some of those that broke their silence to shine. but cameras quickly pulled focus to the story still unfolding.

and the trial of the man who once ruled this town. men so much want to like fight this and say they're crazy. they're lying, you know, it'sjust like, oh, when is this going to end? and, you know, and we're not going to, it's not going to end. we're going to keep coming more and more and more. the more it's a whac—a—mole, it's going to be more, more and more. the more you do it, the more we're going to speak out. it's not going to stop, so stop doing it. harvey weinstein�*s conviction in new york not only rocked the entertainment industry, the imprisonment of the legendary producer once thought to be untouchable was a milestone in the metoo movement and was seen as a win for women around the world. this trial may have been a sequel, but his conviction here is no less important, both to the women who gave evidence and to the more than 80 other accusers who will likely never get their day in court. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles.

we can now speak to los angeles criminal defense attorney joshua ritter. he's a former prosecutor with the los angeles county district attorney's officer, and a former partner at werksman, jackson & quinn, the law firm that represented harvey weinstein in this trial. thank you forjoining us, harvey one steam's lawyers adopted some theory aggressive questioning techniques in regards to his accusers, can we take the act that strategy backfired as a victory for the metoo movement? i backfired as a victory for the metoo movement?- backfired as a victory for the metoo movement? i think they miaht metoo movement? i think they might argue — metoo movement? i think they might argue that _ metoo movement? i think they might argue that tactic - metoo movement? i think they might argue that tactic may - might argue that tactic may have worked to some extent and they did get a not guilty on some of the accusers and hung on the other two, it was a gamble, it was a high risk tactic that they expected to have high rewards, the didn't

prevail and carry the day on that first changeover where he was found guilty.— was found guilty. surely it is one thing — was found guilty. surely it is one thing to _ was found guilty. surely it is one thing to robust - was found guilty. surely it is one thing to robust lead - was found guilty. surely it is one thing to robust lead to l one thing to robust lead to fend your client, another thing to disparage female accusers, calling them such things as liars and opportunists, and things like that, does that bring the criminaljustice system itself into disrepute? i don't know, i think part of what theirjob was to defend their client as jealously as they possibly could, a lot of people could say they crossed the line, a lot of people could say they needed to handle that with a more delicate touch, but there tactic, their way of handling this was they believed each of these accusers are liars, boldfaced liars, not so many who miss remembered or got the facts wrong, somebody who is lying about your client, gives you a certain amount of permission to be as aggressive as they were, again they would

argue probably it was successful to some extent but didn't carry the day. but successful to some extent but didn't carry the day.— didn't carry the day. but it led to some _ didn't carry the day. but it led to some deeply - led to some deeply uncomfortable moments in court, could this kind of tactic prevent women in future such cases from coming forward? perhaps, yes, it's always a concern, and it's even a concern, and it's even a concern when you don't have this kind of aggressive defence tactics, it's difficult as your reporter pointed out in her story, for women to come forward, to go under that crucible of cross—examination is a difficult thing for any person, especially talking about something so intimately affected their lives.— about something so intimately affected their lives. what were the defence — affected their lives. what were the defence lawyers _ affected their lives. what were the defence lawyers seeking i affected their lives. what were j the defence lawyers seeking to get from these women with their aggressive cross questioning? i think what they had decided that this was about people trying to make a name for themselves, people trying to pile on, you have harvey weinstein the poster child for

the joshua ritter. weinstein the poster child for thejoshua ritter. movement, the joshua ritter. movement, and thejoshua ritter. movement, and everyone will kick this man while he is down, that is how they went into this case, the way they expected to defend it, and that is how you treat the accusers of your client, you believe them to be people lying about your client for their own benefit to get their 15 minutes of fame, then i think you will be very aggressive in the way that you question them. the us supreme court has temporarily blocked the biden administration from ending a trump—era policy of refusing entry and rapidly expelling migrants at the us— mexico border on grounds of covid safety protocols. the emergency order, known as title 42, had been set to expire on wednesday. chiefjusticejohn roberts signed the order extending the measure at the request of republican officials in 19 states, who fear that lifting it would lead to an increase in the number of migrant crossings.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the dutch prime minister apologises for his country's role in slavery and the slave trade, but is that enough? the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over - lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas,

nose down in the soft earth. l you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys i high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. i christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: us congress members have recommended donald trump is charged for his role in last year's riot at the capitol. the former movie mogul harvey weinstein has been found guilty of the rape and sexual assault of a woman in los angeles. the prime minister of the netherlands has apologised on behalf of the dutch state for its historical role in slavery, denouncing it as a crime against humanity.

more than 600,000 people, mostly from africa and asia, were trafficked by dutch merchants between the 17th and 19th centuries. some campaigners say that merely confronting the events of the past is �*an insufficient gesture' for the descendants of slaves living in the country today. our correspondent anna holligan sent this report. generations have been waiting to hear this word, but the dutch government's approach to saying sorry for slavery has reignited a sense of exclusion and distrust. the question you have to talk about, slavery, with people from the destination and people here, and we don't accept 19 december. instead, many wanted to wait until the first ofjuly next

year, to witness this historic moment on what will be the 160th anniversary of the dutch emancipation act. today, i apologise. and he repeated in surinamese. and a caribbean dialect. translation: today, on behalf of the dutch government. i apologise for the actions of the dutch state in the past. posthumously to all enslaved people worldwide who have suffered from those actions. to their daughters and sons, and to all of their descendents till today. within the netherlands, support for a formal apology has been growing, with 38% of people now in favour. but almost half the population is still opposed. one far—right leader told me his party doesn't believe in such gestures.

quinsy gario argues it's essential to come together to understand the realities and impact of the past. even the cheesemonger on the street corner was getting paid with funds from colonial winnings. how exactly do you heal and how do you repair the — not just the psychic terror of the past, but also the material inequalities that have come from that? words are fine, but what are actions? the dutch government's apology for slavery won't result in immediate or individual reparations for the descendants of the enslaved people. instead, 200 million euros will be invested in awareness—raising projects designed to highlight and explore this darker side of dutch history. it's been a busy time for linda nooitmeer. she has been involved in the negotiations with the government. from 20 december we can work together to fight against everything that is about racism, and it gives me hope

that we can do this in this country. with other countries currently considering their colonial pasts, an official apology from the dutch may encourage other nations to recognise and make efforts to remedy historic and contemporary inequalities in a meaningful way. anna holligan, bbc news, amsterdam. you can get more on that story and the others on our website. will elon musk remain the head of twitter? maybe not, it seems. the man who once branded himself �*chief twit�* asked his 122 million followers to vote on whether he should resign as the company's chief executive, promising more than 57% said he should step down. so will he?

let's speak now to our news reporter azadeh moshiri. is he going to go? it would be ureat is he going to go? it would be treat to is he going to go? it would be great to have _ is he going to go? it would be great to have a _ is he going to go? it would be great to have a crystal - is he going to go? it would be great to have a crystal ball- great to have a crystal ball because the last seven weeks of twitter have been impossible to predict under elon musk. he has done twitter polls before when it comes to twitter policy and during his time at twitter he has followed the results of those polls. but it does seem to be unclear right now because there have been a few tweets now suggesting that perhaps he shouldn't trust the results of this latest poll, that there are a of pots on twitter, that perhaps elon musk shouldn't trust the results here and he has responded to those tweets saying, interesting. there has also been another 20 user who has suggested another policy change to do with twitter blue and elon musk said that will become the new twitter policies copy so he is clearly still the

boss and he hasn't chosen a successor so there is a big question mark. and earlier i actually to a tesla and twitter investor ross gerber who is a long—time supporter of elon musk and is still a supporter and he believes that elon musk always had great intentions when it comes to twitter. he really believed that he was the man who could save the platform but that he saw it as an engineering issue and that that isn't the skill set that you actually need right now for twitter. i5 actually need right now for twitter. , , , ., twitter. is it possible that he has not twitter. is it possible that he has got with _ twitter. is it possible that he has got with poll— twitter. is it possible that he has got with poll the - twitter. is it possible that he has got with poll the result l has got with poll the result that he wanted? and now he can step away from twitter and spend more time on his other projects, spacex and tesla. yes, it is interesting you say that because there has been some chatter about is this just an easy out for him? did he want an out from the criticism that he has been dealing with? but when i spoke to ross gerber he insisted that elon musk is a busy man, he doesn't really pay attention to this kind of chatter and that in fact when it comes to his investors those are the voices he listens to

most and that it has been extremely rare for tesla investors for example extremely rare for tesla investors for exa m ple to extremely rare for tesla investors for example to ever criticise his actions. and get the timing of this poll is no coincidence because he said it was only a few days ago that he and some other tesla investors criticised his move, criticised the fact that he is splitting his attention like this and perhaps he should be stepping back. ., ~ n' perhaps he should be stepping back. ., ~ ., back. elon musk has said that twitter must _ back. elon musk has said that twitter must be _ back. elon musk has said that twitter must be profitable - back. elon musk has said that twitter must be profitable inl twitter must be profitable in order to survive but in the two months that he has owned and run the company he has reinstated donald trump, he has kicked journalists off and then reinstated them, so on and so forth. if it is head scratching to us it must be bewildering to advertisers?— advertisers? yes and that is why some — advertisers? yes and that is why some of _ advertisers? yes and that is why some of them - advertisers? yes and that is why some of them have - advertisers? yes and that is i why some of them have pulled their funding why some of them have pulled theirfunding and why some of them have pulled their funding and that is why elon musk, according to some investors, have said that elon musk has asked them for more investment in twitter. it has definitely been a mess and chaotic in the words of some of the investors. but elon musk�*s argument has always been that

twitter wasn't profitable to begin with, it had a lot of big problems and that therefore you needed to shake things up to get a result. the question is, have things been shaken up a little too much?— have things been shaken up a little too much? indeed, thank ou ve little too much? indeed, thank you very much _ little too much? indeed, thank you very much for _ little too much? indeed, thank you very much forjoining - little too much? indeed, thank you very much forjoining us. l argentina's triumphant soccer team is currently somewhere over the atlantic — on the way home. they are due to touch down in buenos aires in a few hours time ahead of an open—top bus parade celebrating their world cup win. the defeated french team have already returned to paris — where they were given a rapturous welcome. tim allman reports. defeat is always bitter. always tough to take. you could see that on the faces of the french players as they trudged off the plane at the airport. but if this was meant to be a low—key homecoming, the french

fans have other ideas. allez les bleus! thousands turned out to welcome them. the sea of flags and song. the squad looking down in disbelief from this hotel in the centre of the city as they were cheered and revered. just imagine the response if they had actually won. translation: even if they finished second, | we are here. even if they lost, we must be with them. we will be with them until the end. and i think they need our support. it's magical. translation: i was a bit sad in the beginning - because i wanted us to win. we lost but we played a good match. i'm no longersad. yesterday i was sad but today, no more. over in buenos aires, the newspaper headlines say it all. this is the moment of supreme national pride for a country that has waited more than 30 years for a day like this

but it wasn't easy. translation: i was in a bad way | the whole game and itjust went| on and on and on. so obviously when the winning penalty went in it was a huge relief. i went through a lot of emotions. translation: to be honest i can't process it. _ we suffered a lot. we had a lot of fun and i am very excited. i still can't believe it. i really can't believe it. it is an immense joy for all the argentine people. there has been a lot of clearing up to do after thousands came out to celebrate argentina's victory, but soon enough their heroes will be home and another even bigger party can begin. and the triumphant argentinian team is due back in about three hours time from now. what a

reception they are in for. thanks for watching bbc news. hello. the start of the new week brought a big change in the weather. compare this picture of a snowy scene in cumbria on saturday with this picture of the same scene on monday. the snow has been replaced by a big puddle. we saw cloud, we saw rain, we saw some much milder conditions. temperatures in north wales got very close to 16 celsius, lots of other places not too far behind. that mild air pushes up from the southwest with a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of quite heavy rain in places. as the stripe of cloud and rain clears away eastwards, we will see some slightly cooler air pushing in from the west, so those really high temperatures for monday are not going to last

throughout the week ahead. equally, it's not going to be nearly as cold as it was just a few days ago. some cloud and rain in the southeast corner early on tuesday morning, but that will clear, and then we'll see sunny spells — scattered showers, too, especially in northern ireland and western scotland, mostly falling as rain, but some snow over the highest hills and mountains in scotland. windy in the far northwest, temperatures between 7—13 degrees, so it is still mild for the time of year. as we go through tuesday night, there'll be some clear spells, but showers pushing in from the west, in fact, merging into longer spells of rain for some, particularly across parts of england and wales. temperatures down into single digits, but most places will avoid a frost. so, a soggy start to wednesday with this band of rain moving across central and eastern parts of england, that clearing to a mix of sunny spells and showers. most of the showers through northern england, northern ireland and scotland — again, some wintry ones over the highest ground here, and temperatures between 7—11 degrees in most places. into thursday, it's likely that we'll see further showers or longer spells

of rain drifting up across southern parts of england and the channel islands. northern scotland getting into a northerly wind, and it will start to feel a little bit colder. that is the set—up that takes us to the end of the week and into the start of the christmas weekend. a frontal system pushing in from the southwest, but bumping into that colder air in northern scotland, perhaps giving a spell of snow. and then, that cold air in the north will try to push a little further southwards through the christmas period, but i think most places will stay relatively mild and there will be some rain at times.

delivered this is bbc news. the headlines: the us house of representatives committee investigating the attack on capitol hill almost two years ago has urged thejustice department to bring criminal charges against the former president donald trump. the committee's vote was unanimous. a jury in los angeles has found the disgraced film producer, harvey weinstein, guilty of sex crimes in a second sexual assault trial. the 70—year—old is already serving 23 years in jail after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in new york. fans are awaiting argentina's triumphant soccer team, who are currently somewhere over the atlantic, on the way home.

they are due to touch down in buenos aires in a few hours